Ukrainian tactical aviation has delivered another powerful blow to Russian occupation forces, striking a battalion command post and drone operation centre in Novohrodivka, Donetsk region. The precision attack is part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle Russian military infrastructure across temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory.
According to reports from the front and confirmed by video footage published on the Sonyashnyk Telegram channel, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet dropped a precision-guided JDAM bomb on a building in the centre of Novohrodivka. The structure, used by Russian forces to coordinate battlefield operations and control drones, was completely destroyed. The strike was aimed at a high-value military command post and a group of drone operators embedded in the town.
Preliminary information suggests that several enemy personnel are missing, and while the full extent of casualties is still being assessed, it is believed that Russian command elements may have been eliminated in the strike. The area hit is reported to have hosted key decision makers within the Russian battalion operating in the region.
This is not the first time Ukrainian forces have struck enemy facilities in Novohrodivka. Back in January, another airstrike reportedly destroyed the headquarters of Russia’s 2nd Combined Arms Army, which had been based in a multi-storey building that was also completely demolished.
On 28 April, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet carried out another high-precision airstrike in the southern sector, targeting a Russian FPV drone control and launch site. Ukrainian intelligence had previously identified a building with control antennas visible on the rooftop, clearly indicating the presence of drone operators. The site was struck with two French AASM Hammer guided bombs, completely levelling the building.
These operations are part of Ukraine’s broader campaign of tactical airstrikes aimed at disrupting enemy logistics and command networks. Ukrainian aviation has recently focused its efforts on targeting Russian artillery units, forward assault groups, and ammunition depots along the southern frontline.
